A traffic collision has left the A235 London Road blocked both ways, and police are attempting to stem the flow of traffic.

The collision occurred just before 4pm on Tuesday, June 26, and multiple twitter accounts are reporting large amounts of disruption.

Traffic is currently being directed one way at a time while a clear-up operation is ongoing.

The Transport for London (TfL) traffic account has tweeted: "A235 London Road (Croydon) is blocked at Canterbury Road (about halfway between Thornton Heath Pond & St James's Road) due to a collision. Police are directing traffic one way at a time."

There have been unconfirmed reports on social media that the collision was between a car and a bus, but we will confirm when we have more information.

Both the Met Police and London Ambulance Service (LAS) have been contacted for more information. At this time there have not been any reports of any injuries.

Follow all the latest on this developing story on our live blog below:

17:35

Thank you

Thanks for following our live blog, the situation seems to have cleared.

16:52

Ambulance did not attend

Contrary to the London Fire Brigade comments, the London Ambulance Service did not attend the collision.

16:47

London Fire Brigade statement

The London Fire Brigade have released a statement regarding the incident.

A spokeswoman said: “We were called at 3.46pm to reports of a car in collision with a bus at the junction of Midhurt Avenue and London Road. When we arrived we found that no-one had been trapped inside the vehicles.

“Two men had left the vehicles but it isn’t clear which vehicle they had been driving or passenger in.

“Police and the London Ambulance Service were called. We left the scene at 4.22pm.”